recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)
depravity; corruption; degradation
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
defeating; crushing; smashing; destroying
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
conviction; belief; confidence
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
about; on; regarding; per; for every
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
magic; sorcery; witchcraft; magic tricks (with large-scale props)
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
martial arts; military arts; wushu (Chinese martial art)
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
beginning; outset; first; onset
dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to fall behind; to drop out; to drop; to fall; to spill
fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder; student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to recall; to remember; to recollect